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A study of identity and agency among Victorian-era Army washer women was conducted through an analysis of alcohol-related containers collected from laundress quarters across three archaeological sites. Few field studies have considered the experiences of these women, yet material correlates from excavations at Fort Massachusetts, Fort Garland, and Fort Smith provided valuable evidence regarding the lives of laundresses who resided there, including evidence of alcohol consumption. Although women...
"To the West of the Garrison Near a Low-Lying Creek": The U.S. Army Laundress Quarters of Fort Walla Walla, WA (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Walla Walla was established in eastern Washington Territory as a U.S. Army outpost in 1856 and served in various military capacities before being decommissioned in 1910. In 1873, the 1st U.S. Cavalry arrived to begin post-Civil War Era construction and two laundress quarters were built. Documentary research has uncovered new...